Guest guest Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Thanks Lorelei, for some very interesting stats and information. Please post more as it becomes available to you as I am so interested. Did you find the odds of benign heterochomia and/or how many times it is associated with various systemic disorders? You can check out our little one under Preston's Eyes. His sectoral heterochromia is quite evident in the black and white photo especially. He's adorable and totally without any associated anomalies. Best to you c > > Hello folks, > > I have a news clipping which states that heterochromia occurs at a > rate of 1 in 8 Million Humans. It was originally published years ago > in The Toronto Star (a Canadian newspaper). I've been trying to locate > it (in my office papers) in order to scan and upload it here, but I've > yet to find it ...I put it somewhere " safe " ; / > This article also informed of the location of the occurrence, the > exact chromosome where heterochromia occurs. > I will keep looking for that clipping. I have not yet found any > specific info of occurrence on the Internet. > > You could very well say that heterochromia is inherited in the " Human > family " , as in the entire Human Race, but I do not believe that it is > so much readily " inherited " through a family, generation to > generation. Such a " glitch " in a chromosome may occur in anyone's > family. Given the numbers, 1 in every 8,000,000 --just think how > prolific your family would have to be! Having said that, given the > nature of " odds " , a family could " oddly " be gifted with " 2 in 16 > million " . I think someone here mentioned having a close family member > who shared the trait. > > Considering it all within a world population of 6 Billion, if it's 1 > in 8,000,000, imagine the number which would occur in 6 Billion/ > 6,000,000,000,000 (12 " 0s " using British system - the U.S. system uses > 9 zeros to represent a billion) > I was born with sectoral heterochromia (no eye photos posted here > yet). I know one acquaintance (male) who has sectoral heterochromia, > and I once saw a pedestrian (female) with full heterochromia -- that's > 3 in 24 million, bumping into each other. > (--then there's the heterochromic celebrities we " know " ) > > I am an amateur astronomer, writer and sculptor. In my artwork, I > like to represent people who are " different " and not usually > represented in art. My art website is " under construction " but I've > some pics posted there, and if you click on the " Rock Art " page, you > will see " Angel Eyes " (very top of page) bearing one blue eye and > one green eye. Also on the " Contact " page there is an art doll, a > caricature of myself, with sectoral heterochromia (but that detail > is not discernible in the pic). > > Clear Skies! > Lorelei > www.loreleipower.com > www.skyshedpod.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 WOW!! i have been searching for data on the odds but have found nothing.. thank you! > > Hello folks, > > I have a news clipping which states that heterochromia occurs at a > rate of 1 in 8 Million Humans. It was originally published years ago > in The Toronto Star (a Canadian newspaper). I've been trying to locate > it (in my office papers) in order to scan and upload it here, but I've > yet to find it ...I put it somewhere " safe " ; / > This article also informed of the location of the occurrence, the > exact chromosome where heterochromia occurs. > I will keep looking for that clipping. I have not yet found any > specific info of occurrence on the Internet. > > You could very well say that heterochromia is inherited in the " Human > family " , as in the entire Human Race, but I do not believe that it is > so much readily " inherited " through a family, generation to > generation. Such a " glitch " in a chromosome may occur in anyone's > family. Given the numbers, 1 in every 8,000,000 --just think how > prolific your family would have to be! Having said that, given the > nature of " odds " , a family could " oddly " be gifted with " 2 in 16 > million " . I think someone here mentioned having a close family member > who shared the trait. > > Considering it all within a world population of 6 Billion, if it's 1 > in 8,000,000, imagine the number which would occur in 6 Billion/ > 6,000,000,000,000 (12 " 0s " using British system - the U.S. system uses > 9 zeros to represent a billion) > I was born with sectoral heterochromia (no eye photos posted here > yet). I know one acquaintance (male) who has sectoral heterochromia, > and I once saw a pedestrian (female) with full heterochromia -- that's > 3 in 24 million, bumping into each other. > (--then there's the heterochromic celebrities we " know " ) > > I am an amateur astronomer, writer and sculptor. In my artwork, I > like to represent people who are " different " and not usually > represented in art. My art website is " under construction " but I've > some pics posted there, and if you click on the " Rock Art " page, you > will see " Angel Eyes " (very top of page) bearing one blue eye and > one green eye. Also on the " Contact " page there is an art doll, a > caricature of myself, with sectoral heterochromia (but that detail > is not discernible in the pic). > > Clear Skies! > Lorelei > www.loreleipower.com > www.skyshedpod.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I don't think that statistic is accurate either. I live in Germany and I have already met some heterochromics. Furthermore there is a " schuelervz-group " (which is like myspace for german stundent) and they have like 200 members. Those are just some of the German students. The number has to be a lot higher than everybody thinks. there are just no real researches on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have to agree with Lara. Since we noticed our baby P's sectoral heterochromia ( and freaked out initially), I've run into many ppl who have it. I think Lorelei did have some actual statistics. c > > I don't think that statistic is accurate either. I live in Germany and > I have already met some heterochromics. Furthermore there is > a " schuelervz-group " (which is like myspace for german stundent) and > they have like 200 members. Those are just some of the German students. > The number has to be a lot higher than everybody thinks. there are just > no real researches on it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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